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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + gram.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pĕnʹ-tə-grăm, IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.tə.ɡɹæm/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Hyphenation: pen‧ta‧gram
  • Rhymes: -ɛntəɡɹæm

Noun

pentagram (plural pentagrams)

  1. The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
    • 1871, W. J. C. Miller, editor, Mathematical Questions and Solutions, volume XV, page 47:
      Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.
    • 2007, Christopher Penczak, The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres, and the Witches' Qabalah‎, page 345:
      The passive pentagrams of spirit are drawn first in the quarters of the passive elements—water and earth—and likewise followed by the appropriate traditional elemental pentagram.
    • 2012, John Barnes, Gems of Geometry‎, page 59:
      Four figures involve 12 pentagrams arranged as in the faces of a dodecahedron with their vertices touching.

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

pentagram m inan

  1. (geometry) pentagram (five-pointed star polygon)
  2. (occult) pentagram (magical symbol)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • pentagram in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pentagram in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pentagram in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Danish

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Noun

pentagram n (singular definite pentagrammet, plural indefinite pentagrammer)

  1. pentagram

Declension

Declension of pentagram
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pentagram pentagrammet pentagrammer pentagrammerne
genitive pentagrams pentagrammets pentagrammers pentagrammernes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

pentagram n (plural pentagrammen, diminutive pentagrammetje n)

  1. pentagram
    Synonym: pentakel

References

  • “pentagram” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

Friulian

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Noun

pentagram m (plural pentagrams)

  1. pentagram
  2. (music) staff or stave

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛnˈtaɡ.ram/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡram
  • Syllabification: pen‧tag‧ram

Noun

pentagram m inan

  1. (geometry) pentagram (five-pointed star polygon)
  2. (occult) pentagram (magical symbol)

Declension

Declension of pentagram
singular plural
nominative pentagram pentagramy
genitive pentagramu pentagramów
dative pentagramowi pentagramom
accusative pentagram pentagramy
instrumental pentagramem pentagramami
locative pentagramie pentagramach
vocative pentagramie pentagramy

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • pentagram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pentagram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

pentagram m inan

  1. (geometry) pentagram (five-pointed star polygon)
  2. (occult) pentagram (magical symbol)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “pentagram”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

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Noun

pentagram m inan

  1. (geometry) pentagram (five-pointed star polygon)
  2. (occult) pentagram (magical symbol)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “pentagram”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

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Noun

pentagram n

  1. pentagram

Declension

Declension of pentagram 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pentagram pentagrammet pentagram pentagrammen
Genitive pentagrams pentagrammets pentagrams pentagrammens

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